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English Renaissance theatre
Theatre of England between 1562 and 1642 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
English Renaissance theatre, also known as Renaissance English theatre and Elizabethan theatre, refers to the theatre of England between 1558 and 1642.
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This is the style of the plays of William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe and Ben Jonson.